The Empire of Fragility
Every civilisation that loses the ability, or the will, to maintain its own foundations begins to rot from within. Knowledge becomes doctrine. Craft becomes compliance. The capacity to build fades first in the hands, then in the mind.
The Ruthless Landscape: Antifragility Beyond Empathy
In business, we love the vocabulary of strength. We talk about resilience, toughness, grit, and, thanks to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, antifragility.
Civic Virtue in Tech Culture: Why Responsibility Is More Revolutionary Than Disruption
In the modern tech world, disruption is the idol. But as we glorify speed and chaos, we rarely pause to ask what we have lost in the process. A world of fragility, marked by rushed decisions, shallow fixes, and performative output, has drifted us into lowering the bar to an unacceptable level.
How to Waste Millions and Look Good Doing It
In the land of quarterly OKRs and endless alignment meetings, a new kind of leadership has risen. Not the visionary kind. Not even the competent kind. These are the high priests of organisational performance theatre.
Broken Windows and Dysfunctional Teams
In criminology, the broken windows theory suggests that visible signs of disorder, such as a smashed window left unrepaired, invite further disorder. The same pattern applies in organisations.
Let Them Fail: The Silent Power of Friction and Limits
Most people break because they fight too long for things that refuse to change. At some point, you must let the house burn, and step back a little with your time, your health, and your clarity intact.
Second Quantisation and the Dual Nature of Organisations
Modern organisations often split reality into two distinct planes: delivery and governance, execution and process, engineering and product. This partition is false. Not just inefficient. False.
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